Johan van den Corput (also van (den) Kornput, also Cornput or Johannes de Corput, in German literature Johannes Corputius (April 1542 – September 17, 1611) was a Dutch engineer, cartographer and military leader. Corputius was born in

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. He is the author of the well colored Corputius Plan, which shows the city of

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from the air, completed in 1566. He died, aged 69, in

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Literature

Dutch literature

* Jan Pieter Johannes Postema: ''Johan van den Corput: 1542-1611; kaartmaker, vestingbouwer, krijgsman'', summary in English, Kampen: Ijsselakademie, 1993,

German literature

* Jan P. J. Postema: ''Johannes Corputius (1542-1611); Kriegsmann, Kartenzeichner, Festungsbauer''; in: Kraume, Hans-Georg d. Duisburger Forschungen 35, Duisburg: Braun, 1987, p. 26-50; * ''Der Duisburger Stadtplan des Johannes Corputius von 1566'', Multimedia-CD-Rom, ed.: Gerhard-Mercator-Gesellschaft e.V., Duisburg 2002 * ''Duisburg im Jahre 1566: der Stadtplan des Johannes Corputius'' (=Duisburger Forschungen 40), ed.: Joseph Milz / Günter von Roden, Duisburg 1993. * Heike Hawicks: ''Der Duisburger Stadtplan des Johannes Corputius von 1566, vom frühneuzeitlichen "Werbeprospekt" zur modernen Multimedia-CD-ROM'', in: Duisburger Forschungen 51, Duisburg: Mercator-Verl., 2004, p. 225-234, * Frosien-Leinz, Heike: ''Der Corputius-Plan: Kommunales Selbstbewusstsein und Werbemittel'', in: Frosien-Leinz, Heike ed. ''Von Flandern zum Niederrhein: Wirtschaft und Kultur überwinden Grenzen''; Begleitband zur Ausstellung, ed.: Stadt Duisburg - Die Oberbürgermeisterin, Kultur- und Stadthistorisches Museum Duisburg, 2000, p. 87-100, * Joseph Milz: ''Der Duisburger Stadtplan des Johannes Corputius und seine Vermessungsgrundlagen.'' In: ''Cartographica Helvetica'' Heft 11 (1995) p. 2–10,
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reprint in: Kraume, Hans Georg d. ''Duisburger Forschungen'' Band 45. Duisburg: Mercator-Verl., 2000. p. 1-23. * Joseph Milz: ''Die Vermessung des Duisburger Stadtplanes von 1566 durch Johannes Corputius'', in: Hantsche, Irmgard (ed.): ''Der "mathematicus": zur Entwicklung und Bedeutung einer neuen Berufsgruppe in der Zeit Gerhard Mercators'' eferate des 4. Mercator-Symposiums, 30. - 31. Oktober 1995 Duisburger Mercator-Studien 4, Bochum: Brockmeyer, 1996, p. 27250, *Joseph Milz: ''Neue Quellen und Forschungen zu Johannes Corputius'', in ''Duisburger Forschungen'', Band 31, ed.: Stadtarchiv Duisburg in Verbindung mit d. Mercator-Ges. ür d. Schriftl. verantwortl.: Joseph Milz Duisburg: Braun, 1982, p. 117-125,

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